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1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500

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Australia 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500
Race details
Date11 October, 1987
LocationMelbourne, Australia
CourseCalder Park Raceway
4.216 kilometres (2.620 mi)
Laps 120
Pole position
Driver Germany Klaus Ludwig Eggenberger Motorsport
Time 1.42.92
Podium
First United Kingdom Steve Soper
Belgium Pierre Dieudonné
Eggenberger Motorsport
Second Italy Emanuele Pirro
Italy Roberto Ravaglia
BMW Motorsport
Third Germany Markus Oestreich
Austria Roland Ratzenberger
BMW Motorsport
Fastest Lap
Driver Australia Andrew Miedecke Oxo Supercube Motorsport
Time 1:45.03

The 1987 Bob Jane T-Marts 500 was the ninth round of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship.[1] The race, which was open to Group A Touring Cars,[2] was held on 11 October 1987 at Calder Park Raceway in outer Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[2] on the rarely used combined circuit which incorporated both the recently redeveloped (1986) road course and the newly completed, high banked (24°) NASCAR-style “Thunderdome” oval.

The combined oval/road course was 4.216 km (2.620 mi) long and the race was run over 120 laps.

The race was won by Steve Soper and Pierre Dieudonné driving a Ford Sierra RS500 for Eggenberger Motorsport. Both Klaus Ludwig's pole time of 1:42.92 and Andrew Miedecke's fastest race lap of 1:45.03 in their respective Ford Sierra RS500's were faster than the pole time set in the only other Group A Touring Car race held on the combined oval/road course, the Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300 held two months previously on 9 August.

Classes

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Cars competed in three classes based on engine capacity.[3]

  • Class A: Over 2500cc
  • Class B: 1601-2500cc
  • Class C: Up to 1600cc
Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz placed 12th driving a Ford Sierra RS500

Results

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Pos[4] Class[3] No Entrant Drivers[2][4] Car Laps[4] Qual
Pos[4]
Series
Points
1 A 6 Switzerland Eggenberger Motorsport[5] United Kingdom Steve Soper
Belgium Pierre Dieudonné
Ford Sierra RS500 120 2 40
2 B 46 West Germany BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer BMW[5] Italy Emanuele Pirro
Italy Roberto Ravaglia
BMW M3 120 9 35
3 B 40 West Germany BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer BMW[5] West Germany Markus Oestreich
Austria Roland Ratzenberger
BMW M3 120 16 27
4 B 42 Italy BMW Motorsport / CiBiEmme[5] Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli
BMW M3 119 7 22
5 A 15 Australia Peter Jackson Nissan Racing[5] Australia Glenn Seton
Australia George Fury
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 119 11
6 A 11 Australia Perkins Engineering[5] Australia Larry Perkins
New Zealand Denny Hulme
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 118 6
7 B 47 West Germany BMW Motorsport / Schnitzer BMW[5] West Germany Anette Meeuvissen
Austria Mercedes Stermitz
BMW M3 117 18
8 A 05 Australia HDT Racing[5] Australia Peter Brock
Australia David Parsons
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 116 8
9 A 16 Australia Mitsubishi Ralliart[5] Australia Gary Scott
Japan Akihiko Nakaya
Mitsubishi Starion 115 14
10 A 26 Australia Kalari Transport[5] Australia Tony Noske
Australia Gary Rush
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 114 25
11 A 10 Australia HDT Racing[5] Australia Peter McLeod
Australia Neil Crompton
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 114 19
12 A 7 Switzerland Eggenberger Motorsport[5] West Germany Klaus Ludwig
West Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
Ford Sierra RS500 113 1 23
13 A 18 Australia Shell Ultra Racing Team Australia Charlie O'Brien
New Zealand Neville Crichton
Australia Dick Johnson
Ford Sierra RS500 113 12
14 A 23 Australia Jagparts Racing[5] Australia Alf Grant
Australia Gerald Kay
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 108 28
15 A 22 Australia Lusty Engineering[5] Australia Graham Lusty
Australia John Lusty
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 107 26
16 C 100 Italy Alfa Romeo[5] Italy Giorgio Francia
Italy Daniele Toffoli
Alfa Romeo 33 100 32 26
17 A 14 Australia Netcomm Racing[5] Australia Murray Carter
Australia Steve Masterton
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 94 17
DNF A 31 Australia Warren Cullen[2] Australia Warren Cullen
New Zealand Gary Sprague
Australia Gary Cooke
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 104 20
DNF A 27 Australia Ray Gulson[2] Australia Ray Gulson
Australia Graham Gulson
BMW 635 CSi 99 29
DNF A 2 Australia Bob Jane T-Marts[2] Australia Allan Grice
United Kingdom Win Percy
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 81 10
DNF B 44 Australia JPS Team BMW[2] New Zealand Jim Richards
Australia Tony Longhurst
BMW M3 73 13
DNF B 43 Italy Bigazzi[2] West Germany Winni Vogt
West Germany Altfrid Heger
BMW M3 70 15
DNF C 91 Australia Toyota Team Australia[2] New Zealand John Faulkner
Australia Drew Price
Toyota Corolla GT 67 31
DNF A 35 Australia Oxo Supercube Motorsport[2] Australia Andrew Miedecke
Australia Don Smith
Ford Sierra RS500 58 3
DNF A 29 Australia Yellow Pages Australia Barry Jones
Australia Tony Mulvihill
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 46 27
DNF B 62 West Germany Schwaben Motorsport[2] West Germany Thomas von Löwis of Menar
West Germany Leopold von Bayern
BMW M3 44 23
DNF A 24 New Zealand Keiran Wills New Zealand Keiran Wills
New Zealand Philip Henley
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 42 21
DNF A 17 Australia Shell Ultra Racing Team[5] Australia Dick Johnson
Australia Gregg Hansford
Ford Sierra RS500 25 4
DNF A 9 Australia Allan Moffat Enterprises[2] United Kingdom Andy Rouse
Canada Allan Moffat
Belgium Thierry Tassin
Ford Sierra RS500 21 5
DNF A 4 Italy Pro Team Italia / Imberti[2] Italy Marco Gunella
Italy Nicola Tesini
Italy Stefano Livio
Maserati Biturbo 18 30
DNF A 1 Italy Pro Team Italia / Imberti[2] West Germany Armin Hahne
Australia Kevin Bartlett
Maserati Biturbo 17 22
DNF A 3 Australia Russell Lanyon[3] Australia Mike Freeman
Australia Bruce Williams
Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 17 24

Statistics

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  • Pole Position – #7 Klaus Ludwig – 1.42.92[6]
  • Fastest Lap – #35 Andrew Miedecke – 1:45.03[2]
  • Average Speed – 139.916 km/h[2]

See also

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1987 Australian Touring Car season

References

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  1. ^ Christopher de Fraga, Sierra’s winning run continues at Calder, The Age, Monday, 12 October 1987, page 35
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "www.touringcarracing.net". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, pages 12–13
  4. ^ a b c d Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 22
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Racing Car News, November 1987, page 75
  6. ^ Australian Auto Action, 23 October 1987, page 14

Further reading

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  • Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1987/88
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